Weighing-scale.



. N. M. HANSEN.

WEIGHING soALE. APPLIUATION FILED Ammo. 19o7.,

Patented June '7, 1910.

.serve the level of the platform or ple or armeno, o:

0, A GGRRATIN OF NEW JERSEY.

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Speoiee'tion of Letters ?etent.

Patented June 7, 1910.

pollination Eloi; 3G, 3%?. Serial No. 390,782.

To all whom 'if moy concern:

Be it knov'vn that l, Nierle ld., HANSEN, e citizen of the United States, residing et Toledo, Luces chunty, Ohio, have invented eertain new and useful. lmprovenients in 1Wei'hingScelee, oi' which the following:N ie' .e speciiicetion.

The present .invention relates to that typ-e of Wei hing scales in which e, seele benin is Pivotey inonnted upon e suitable support lng base and the plet'llorin or pletter holding the connnodity te be weighed, i pivota-lly mounted upon the seele been@ l is customaryr in this tipe oi ecoles to pre- 'er by Jproviding the latter with e depending stein which passes down into the base end is connected with the letter by e, linlr.

The object of the present invention is. to improve the character of 'connection between the -stem and the-base so es to eliminate vfriction.

Where the connection consists,l nierely o a strip or bei" epertured in its ende to reM ceive cotter pins or rivets connecting it with the stem and bese suieent :trictie is seinetimes reduced through the planing of the load o1 -oentei` on the platform or pletter materially effect the accuracy of the r'veighinv. By the present invention friction ie re uced to the Ininiinuni or practically eliminated so that Wherever the load may rest on the platform or pletter the .Weighing Will be accurate.

. edge bearings l'. A stein 8 is sul ln the accompanying drawing e, sufficient portion of a scale of the above defined type is illustrated, partly in section end partly in side elevation, to ineke clear the application of the present invention thereton ln Seid drawing the reference numeral 2 designates a hollow supporting bese, 3 e standard rising?,

therefrom, f-l e .scale benin nivo-telly mounted upon seid standard with lrnii'e b ings 5, end 6 e platform or J 1mtier jo mounted upon e seele benin.

nronh Knife cured to the central portion the ile 'e and passes don/'n through en openi top of the bese. ln carrying ont .trie presen-:it invention, this stein is formed inv oppo sides et its lower end With conical soclT 9 and 10. lWithin the base in vertical el ment with the scale benin he( ridjnstebly fastened to the underside of the top of the base. ln opposite sides of said there ere formed conical sockets 13 and le similar to the sockets 9 and 10 of the' stein 8. The latter sockets have their buses in elinement on the central longitudinal line of the stern end the sockets 13 and 14 similari-y have their bases in alinement on' the central longitudinal line of the post 1l. A rod or linli l5 entends between the stem end "he post und is formed with conical .ends 11.6 und l?, the former seating in the socket "lll und the conical end 17 seating in the socket 9. A link or ber 18 extends under the stein-end post end is formed with uptnined ends 20 ceri-ying cones 2l and 22 which seat in the Sockets 14 and l0, respectively. rlhe cone 20 may be simply riveted to thev link or bar or secured therein hy va, drive it or otherwise, Whereas the cone 22 is preferably mode in the forni of a screw to provide for adjustment, a lock nut 24: being preierebly employed to secure the cone at the proper adjustment. Block l2 is boredto receive the reduced portions of screws 24 shouldered to engegethe upper side of the bloeit and entering te ped openings in a boss 25 formed on the un erside of the top of the bese. A screw 26 passes loosely through a Y third bore in the block i2 and enters another tapped openingin the boss. It is es- 'ieentiel that the distance from the point beering provided by the cone 20 and the socket le to the lrniiie edge bea-ring between the seele hoorn and the standard 8 shell be the seine es the distance from. the knife edge bearing between the platform and the scle benin end the point bearing provided by the cone 22 rsind the Socket 10, The adjustable connection above described `between .the blo .i2 end the base 2 provides 'for maktheee distances exactly equel. llt Wilho course, be understood that the 'position ol the bloei: 12in lined by its being clamped against the shoulders of the screws Q4 by the screw 2G. To change 'the edjustnientith'is only neces ery to turn beck the screw 26 'and ond tighten the screw noted that the above deezn'ihez'l on provides for e, perellelogre sides run between the lmii'e ed@ o will and 7 the bearing: l0, respectively, and Whos-e between the bearings, 5 and 2li-14 and the bearings Y and 29d-10, .ee-- spectively. The links 15 and 18 are paiellel and the sockets 9 and l0 are the seme distence apart as the sockets 13 and let, so that another pei'allelogrsin exists Whose short sides extend between the point bearings 1'3"@ and .1S-#13 and the peint bearings 2.2--10 and 21-14, respectively, und whose long` sides extend between the point boei'- ngs .UM-9, Q2- l0 and lll-"d3, ,.Zlld re speetively. rhns, it Awill be obvious that the level of the Weighing platform will be pie seived es the seine moves up and down lt will be observed that the forni ou. connection between the pletforn'i und the base provided byfthe above described construction piectieally eliminates friction by reason of the peintbeaiin Us, the parte Veon'iposing,` the suine being, of conise, suitably hardened. lt will be noted that if e weight is placed upon the platform off to the left, es the seine eppeiii's in the drawing, the tendencyY to tilt the platform will be resisted by the cone and should the Weight be placed ell" to the right the tilting tendency will be i'esisted by the eoniezil end 17 of the rod o1" link l5. lilith the above described arnngeinent it is inn possible to cieete sufficient friction by plow ing the Commodity oit center on the pleteiin, tel etdect the accuracy of the-settles in Weighing.

V1] hile 'thus Well calculated to full the object ptiinaiily stated, it is to be understood that the :torni of ineens here shown is susceptible of modiiicetion Within the scope of the invention, es foi* instance in the conteur of the bearings.

Vfhet is cleiined. is:

ln weighing seeles, the combination of e bese having e depending pest with socket bearings .in opposite sides, their baises being in elineinent lengthwise the post; ai. scalebenin pivoted on the bese; e pla'loi-in pivot-- ed on .seid benin end having e depending` stein with socket bearings in opposite sides, theii` bases being in alineinent lengthwise the Stein; :L linlt extending between the sten end the post end having conical ends seating; in the confronting sockets o the stein and oost; und :i lint: extendiiig below the stern ind the post and on the outei.1 sides thereof and having` cones seating in the sockets in suoli ,ntei sides.

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